BACKGROUND It has been reported that valuation of health states that are close to death, such as the most severe health state, can be affected by health state valuation procedure, and their utility values are difficult to predict. We examined how the most severe health states of Short Form-6 dimension (SF-6D) and EuroQoL-5 dimension-3 level (EQ-5D-3L) were valued by the Singapore general popula...

Weights associated with the EuroQol 5-Dimension 3-Level (EQ-5D-3L) instrument represent preferences for health states elicited from general population's samples. Weights have not been calculated for every country; however, empirical research shows that cross-country differences exist. This empirical study aims at investigating the impact of recently developed Italian weights in comparison with ...

BACKGROUND Comparing health-related quality of life (HRQL) outcomes between studies is difficult due to the wide variety of instruments used. Comparing study outcomes and facilitating pooled data analyses requires valid "crosswalks" between HRQL instruments. Algorithms exist to map 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) responses to EQ-5D item responses and preference weights, but none have b...

INTRODUCTION Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a common, severe condition affecting 0.2 to 0.4 per cent of the population. Even so, no recent international EQ-5D based health-related quality of life (HRQoL) estimates exist for ME/CFS patients. The main purpose of this study was to estimate HRQoL scores using the EQ-5D-3L with Danish time trade-off tariffs. Seconda...

BACKGROUND The assessment of quality of life is critical in ascertaining the benefit of interventions aimed to reduce morbidity among individuals with cognitive impairment. However, the assessment of quality of life is challenging in this population due to the uncertain validity of patient responses as cognitive function declines. Hence, we examined the level of agreement between patient and pr...

D. A. Raffelt, J-D. Tournier, J. Fripp, A. Connelly, S. Crozier, and O. Salvado The Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Brain Research Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes (Austin), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne,...

1Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, Malvern, VIC 3144, Australia ; 2Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 3Whitlam Orthopaedic Research Centre, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University o...

Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia, Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, School of Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia, 3 Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 4 School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Au...

Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125; Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC 3010, Australia; Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; and Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 9...

mice following surgical induction of osteoarthritis + Little CB, Barai A, Burkhardt D, Smith SM, Fosang AJ, Shah M, Thompson EW +Raymond Purves Laboratories, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Vic, Australia; St Vincents Institute of Medical Research, F...